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| Main Entry: | struggle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard try; fight to win |
| Synonyms: | attempt, battle, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, effort, encounter, endeavor, essay, exertion, free-for-all*, grind, hassle, jam, jump, labor, long haul*, roughhouse, row, scramble, skirmish, strife, striving, toil, trial, tussle, undertaking, work, wrangle, pains, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | giving in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | struggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | labor, work |
| Synonyms: | assay, attempt, bend over backwards*, break one's back, break one's neck, cope, dig, endeavor, exert oneself, give it one's best shot, give the old college try, go all out, grind, hassle, have one's nose to grindstone, hustle, make every effort, offer, plug, plug away, scratch, seek, slave, strain, strive, sweat, tackle, take a crack, take a stab, take on, toil, try, try one's hardest, undertake, work like a dog |
| Antonyms: | idle, laze, rest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | struggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, wrestle |
| Synonyms: | battle, brawl, buck, compete, contend, contest, cross swords*, grapple, hassle, lock horns*, romp, row, scrap, scuffle, shuffle, slug, smack, tangle, bump heads, go up against, put up a fight, rough-house |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | agonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffer or cause another to suffer |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, squirm, strain, strive, struggle, torment, torture, try, wince, worry, writhe, eat heart out, excruciate, harrow, sing the blues, stew over, take it badly |
| Antonyms: | not worry |
| Main Entry: | antagonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause problem; oppose |
| Synonyms: | alienate, anger, annoy, counteract, estrange, insult, irritate, neutralize, offend, repel, struggle, work against |
| Antonyms: | agree, aid, help |
| Main Entry: | aspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aim, hope |
| Synonyms: | crave, desire, dream, hanker, long, pursue, seek, strive, struggle, try, want, wish, yearn, be ambitious, be eager |
| Main Entry: | attempt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | try, effort |
| Synonyms: | all one's got, attack, bid*, crack*, dry run*, endeavor, exertion, experiment, fling, go, header, lick*, one's all, one's darnedest, one's level best, pursuit, shot, stab, striving, struggle, trial, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack*, workout |
| Antonyms: | certainty, laziness, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bad news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble |
| Synonyms: | bind, bother, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, disappointment, distress, grief, headache*, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, predicament, problem, struggle, torment, woe, deep trouble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | battle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military fight |
| Synonyms: | action, assault, attack, barrage, bloodshed, bombing, brush, campaign, carnage, clash, combat, conflict, contention, crusade, encounter, engagement, fighting, fray, havoc, hostility, onset, onslaught, press, ravage, scrimmage, skirmish, sortie, strife, struggle, war, warfare, blitzkreig, significant contact |
| Antonyms: | truce |
| Main Entry: | bout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competitive fight |
| Synonyms: | bat, battle, competition, contest, encounter, engagement, go, match, round, struggle, boxing match, set-to |
| Main Entry: | combat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle |
| Synonyms: | action, affray, battle royal*, brush, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, flap, fray, jackpot*, mix-up*, run-in*, service, skirmish, struggle, war, warfare, brush-off, shoot-out |
| Antonyms: | accord, compromise, peace, retreat, surrender, truce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | combat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | battle, buck, clash, contend, contest, cope, defy, dispute, duel, engage, fight, oppose, repel, resist, strive, struggle, traverse, war, withstand, cross swords with, do battle with, go up against, put up a fight, shoot it out |
| Antonyms: | agree, compromise, retreat, run, surrender |
| Main Entry: | compete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up against in contest |
| Synonyms: | attempt, bandy, battle, bid, challenge, clash, collide, contend, contest, emulate, encounter, essay, face, fence, fight, go for*, grapple, joust, lock horns*, oppose, play, rival, spar, strive, struggle, take on, tilt, try, tussle, vie, wrestle, be in the running, cope with, go after, go for broke, go for the gold, in the hunt, jockey for position, match strength, match wits, participate in, pit oneself against, run for, scramble for, seek prize, take part |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | competition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contest |
| Synonyms: | antagonism, bout, candidacy, championship, clash, contention, controversy, encounter, engagement, event, fight, game, go for it, jungle*, match, meeting, opposition, puzzle, quiz, race, racing, rat race*, rivalry, run, sport, strife, striving, struggle, tilt, tournament, trial, warfare, athletic event, concours, counteraction, do or die, dog eat dog, emulation, go for the gold, horse race, matchup, one on one, one-upping, pairing off, tug-of-war |
| Notes: | competition refers to an abstract quality, whereas competitiveness implies a practical activity whose manifestation can be observed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conflict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, warfare |
| Synonyms: | battle, clash, collision, combat, competition, contention, contest, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, rivalry, strife, striving, struggle, war, emulation, set-to, tug-of-war |
| Antonyms: | agreement, calm, concord, peace, stability |
| Main Entry: | conflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be at odds |
| Synonyms: | brawl, clash, collide, combat, contend, contest, contrast, differ, disagree, discord, disturb, fight, interfere, jar, mismatch, oppose, romp, scrap, slug, strive, struggle, tangle, vary, bump heads with, cross swords with, disaccord, disharmonize, lock horns with, run against tide, square off with |
| Antonyms: | agree, harmonize, be calm |
| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compete, fight |
| Synonyms: | argue, battle, clash, confront, contest, controvert, cope, dispute, emulate, encounter, face, give all one's got, give one's all, go after, go for, go for broke, go for it*, go for jugular, grapple, have at*, jockey for position, jostle, knock oneself out, litigate, lock horns*, make play for, meet, mix it up with, oppose, oppugn, push, push for, resist, rival, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, skirmish, stand, strive, struggle, tangle with, tug, vie, withstand |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, give up, leave, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competition |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, battle, beef*, bone of contention*, combat, conflict, contest, controversy, difference, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, enmity, fight, flak*, hassle, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, run-in, scene, scrap, squabble, static, strife, struggle, variance, war, wrangle, belligerency, bone to pick, disaccord, disunity, feuding, set-to*, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | affection, consideration, friendliness, friendship, good will, kindness, sympathy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | attack, battle, brawl, break with, buck, compete, conflict, contend, cross, defend, duel, feud, gang up on, hassle, lay out, quarrel, repel, rival, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, sock*, strike, struggle, take on, tilt, traverse, vie, withstand, wrangle, altercate, fight over, knuckle with, lay a finger on, put on gloves, put up dukes, set to, square off |
| Antonyms: | agree |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, contend |
| Synonyms: | battle with, buffet, carry on, confront, deal, dispatch, encounter, endure, face, get a handle on, get by, grapple, hack it*, hack*, handle, hold one's own, live with, make go of it, make it, make out*, make the grade, pit oneself against, rise to occasion, struggle, struggle through, suffer, survive, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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